Of course, you and I know that the economic downturn hasn’t decreased the amount of work that needs to be done in the world. American infrastructure is decaying at a level described as “edging toward crisis.” Indeed, the blame for the catastrophic bridge collapse in Minnesota can be laid squarely upon the profit system. America also has a widely acknowledged lack of nurses. A study on intensified exploitation of the working class exposes what almost every worker knows- they are being asked to do more with less, and for less pay. Flagrant violations of labor and safety laws naturally increase when there are six unemployed workers for every job available.

In the future, I suspect that people will find it bewildering that roads decayed and sick people died when there were legions of people ready to do the necessary work, all because of the profit system. It seems necessary to once again point out: there is no lack of money. Rather, the social allocation of resources heavily favors defense contractors, torturers, bankers, and other social parasites. From the point of view of the profit system, it makes a lot of sense to put resources where they will get the greatest yield. But ask yourself this question- is this the mark of a sane world, or one which is so mad that the madmen are not only running the asylum, but have redefined sanity?